half-haze

Updated: May 6, 2025

A half-haze, precursive of the twilight, lent scenic softness to the forms of old men puffing their pipes before the doors, a maiden listlessly strolling on the sward, a swarm of children playing near the road, a distant toiler making his way home, bearing his scythe.

W. D. (William Douw) Lighthall - The Young Seigneur: Or, Nation-Making